Событие Tulkin Astanov - Justice for Journalists

Tulkin Astanov

Affiliated media: Facebook, Blogger

Incident date: October 18, 2019

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Ozodlik

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

Tulkin Astanov was found guilty of committing a crime under article 244-1 of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan ("Production, storage, distribution or demonstration of materials that threaten public safety and public order") and was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment with a probation period (suspended sentence). It should be noted that the probation period will be calculated from the date of sentencing.

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